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The body of a missing Hungarian hiker is found in Slovenia

Dec. 26, 2024 08:56 AM EST

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's mountain rescuers on Thursday found the body of a Hungarian hiker who got lost in a blizzard in the Alps last week. A Facebook post said that a team located the man in a gorge, who was showing no signs of life, and that the transport of the...

Balkans snowstorm leaves tens of thousands of homes without power and causes traffic chaos

Dec. 24, 2024 11:05 AM EST

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of homes in Bosnia were without electricity on Tuesday after heavy snow and winds that also brought traffic chaos in neighboring Croatia and Serbia. In Slovenia, the search for an injured Hungarian hiker missing in the Alps...

Biden heaps praise on Slovenia PM for aiding release of Americans in major US-Russia prisoner swap

Oct. 22, 2024 16:31 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden heaped praise on Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob on Tuesday for his role in the recent seven-nation prisoner swap that freed Americans Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva and Paul Whelan from Russian prison. The deal, completed in August,...